Sprinkler helps contain fire at Monroe prison complex

Herald staff

MONROE -- A sprinkler kept an accidental fire at the Monroe Correctional Complex in check until firefighters arrived to extinguish it Tuesday morning.Firefighters from Snohomish County Fire District 3 in Monroe were called just after 3:30 a.m. by prison staff at the Twin Rivers Unit. The corrections officers saw a smoke-filled building and flames.The unoccupied building houses classrooms, offices and laundry facilities.Authorities believe the fire was started by some oily rags in a laundry cart. Offender housing units are separated from the building. Inmates were not endangered by the fire. No injuries were reported.Damage is estimated at $1,500.

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